Name: Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc livestock auction prices — 2024-05-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-05-28

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls 1.00 to 2.00 higher. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers mostly steady.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $284.95/cwt on 7 head. That ranks 1 of 21 comparable sales and sits −152.40 against this barn's trailing median of $437.35.

Average price

$284.95

7 head · 536 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,528

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−8.11

vs FL average

−20.19 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	536	284.95	1,528	7thin

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

21 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $478.55, low $362.33, median $437.35 across 21 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale7 hd

284.95

—

FL average2 barns · 16 hd

293.06

−8.11

National average125 barns · 5,668 hd

305.14

−20.19

This barn, trailing median21 sales

437.35

−152.40

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt

Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,445	137.65	1,989	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,208	127.46	1,540	25
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,099	111.71	1,228	4thin

Every lot, as filed

22 lots · USDA AMS · Cattlemen's Livestock Auction - Lakeland, FL

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	265	364.72/cwt	360.00–370.00	967	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	363	324.83/cwt	320.00–330.00	1,179	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	405	342.47/cwt	340.00–345.00	1,387	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	273	412.53/cwt	400.00–420.00	1,126	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	312.72/cwt	300.00–325.00	1,323	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	319	356.85/cwt	345.00–365.00	1,138	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,099	111.71/cwt	108.00–117.00	1,228	4
Bulls	—	—	1,445	137.65/cwt	133.00–145.00	1,989	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,192	126.56/cwt	118.00–131.00	1,509	22
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,328	134.10/cwt	133.00–136.00	1,781	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	465	302.66/cwt	295.00–310.00	1,407	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	513	290.12/cwt	285.00–295.00	1,488	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	319	382.87/cwt	380.00–385.00	1,221	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	358	305.10/cwt	300.00–310.00	1,092	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	320	399.84/cwt	395.00–405.00	1,279	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	363	385.17/cwt	380.00–390.00	1,398	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	410	290.12/cwt	285.00–295.00	1,189	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	456	268.95/cwt	265.00–275.00	1,226	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	383	277.65/cwt	270.00–285.00	1,063	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	323	307.79/cwt	300.00–315.00	994	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	361	366.68/cwt	360.00–375.00	1,324	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	567	278.06/cwt	265.00–285.00	1,577	3

How this sale compares

Florida weighted averages

One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Florida auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.

Florida feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Cattlemen's Livestock Auction - Lakeland, FL

Tue May 28, 2024

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Tallahassee, FL (LS-OR)

Feeder CattleReceipts 158Last week 315Year ago 103

Slaughter CattleReceipts 65Last week 69Year ago 51

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls 1.00 to 2.00 higher. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers mostly steady.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	265	360.00–370.00	364.72
5	300–350	319	345.00–365.00	356.85
4	350–400	363	320.00–330.00	324.83
4	400–450	423	300.00–325.00	312.72
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	358	300.00–310.00	305.10
4	400–450	410	285.00–295.00	290.12
5	450–500	456	265.00–275.00	268.95
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	323	300.00–315.00	307.79
4	350–400	383	270.00–285.00	277.65
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	250–300	273	400.00–420.00	412.53
4	300–350	320	395.00–405.00	399.84
4	350–400	363	380.00–390.00	385.17
4	400–450	405	340.00–345.00	342.47
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	319	380.00–385.00	382.87
7	350–400	361	360.00–375.00	366.68
4	450–500	465	295.00–310.00	302.66
4	500–550	513	285.00–295.00	290.12
3	550–600	567	265.00–285.00	278.06

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,099	108.00–117.00	111.71
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	1,192	118.00–131.00	126.56
3	—	1,328	133.00–136.00	134.10
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,445	133.00–145.00	137.65

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

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